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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The trade-name of a combination of two tandem bicycles side by side, between which are the tanks and appliances appropriate to a chemical fire-extinguisher, and a propelling motor. The saddles of the bicycles will carry four men, and the motor will propel the machine at high speed. See also autoquadricycle.
  2. n. Same as motor-cycle.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A vehicle somewhat like a moped, having a small motor where the pedals would be, and a petrol tank located within the frame.

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  • “Falling under the general category of autocycle, the Pulse we encountered had its five minutes of fame in the Wim Wenders movie "Until the End of the World," appearing in a scene shot in San Francisco's North Beach.”

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets

  • “Here was a tape recorder (vast bulky reel-to-reel, circa 1945) and an autocycle to carry it on -- a bicycle with an engine, uneasy in either role.”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3

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